throwing things

[jillannf6]

i tend to throw htings down rather than putting them down

anyone else have the same problem ??

it drives my partner MAD

LOL JILL

[peterjones]

hi jill yes im afraid i do the same things especially when i wash the dinner things at night i usually throw a spoon or knife or fork into the drawer where they are kept this usually sends my wife into a blue fit but when i do the vacuum its not to bad because i usually a bit to heavy to throw and of course when i get up on the roof i have to throw everything down hows it going jill ok i hope no falls then=========================peter jones queensland australia

[MummaMia]

Ditto mum does the same. Also likes to reach out for things that are way too far

[jillannf6]

hi peter

fewer fallls htnak goodness - tje las tcouple fo weeks it has been up to 10 daily

really!

but none today as yet so perhaps after a better weekend the falls will diminish a bit

i hoep so

plz keep your humour up an dyour pecker too!

LOL JILL

[SharonAB]

From Partner Mad - When I think back ---- Did I find that things always tended to be thrown down, rather than placed. Yes!

Did I learn to handle it? Well.. sort of......well maybe some of the time..........Nahh no........

Did husband John (with PSP) get a handle on my sighs of exasperation - yeh --- may be........well yes.. well NO

N.B. I gave up thinking it was anything to do with PSP. I took it to be just my imagination that things were being moved heavy handed and it was a boy/girl/husband/wife sort of intolerance - sort of thing =Ahh the things we learn each day.

N.B. Peter & Jill - If you have any Waterford crystal glasses (like I used to have!) please allow your respective partners to keep 'em to enjoy a glass of red ........ one by one ours went but that dreaded silver cutlery that needs polishing stuck around............ & Peter -- stop those dinner parties on the roof...

Regards,

Alana - Western Australia

[Hidden]

YES! Mum did this a lot as well as the reaching when too far away and we put it down to distance -judgement failing. After all if you can't track things how can you make a good judgment? It came around the time when she started hurling herself backwards into furniture instead of bending her knees and it caused a fair bit of damage to walls, side tables, walkers and to herself if she fell backwards before she was lined up with a chair etc.I am still repairing walls and things here from those days, including corners of walls where mum took them out with her rollator! Many an item was too buckled to be used again in those times.

Dianne x

[JudyJ]

I'm not throwing things and/or putting them down with force-yet But have notice for months now I misjudge distance, and if getting something from the fridge to be set on a counter, I come up short and it falls on the floor with a SPLAT. Recently happened with the butterdish w/o a closed top. As it fell in what seemed like slow-motion, I yelled "Butterside Down!"

Now the girls think that's very funny and will yell Butterside Down! whenever I come up short on getting something from Point A to Point B; gives us a good giggle.

Butterside Down! Great title for a book, eh? Just 'sayin.

Judy

[Peter3]

My husband always throws things down and for a long time, even before he was diagnosed with psp would throw his clothes on the floor and was either unable or didn't feel like picking them up. I complained frequently how I had become a servant rather than his wife. of course we now know the reason for his behaviour.

Slowly he is working his way through the crookery, glasses in particular. Sadly my one and only Waterford crystal vase went last week, when he decided to let the cat out of the lounge, fell into the window sill and took the vase with him! At least he was undamaged this time.

Peter3.

[chacha1]

Hi - Firstly thanks to you all for unwittingly giving me so much information about what to expect over the past couple of months - now my Dad has been diagnosed with PSP last week (prev Parkinsons and dementia about 2.5years ago) but reading the PSPA web info and this blog meant that we pretty much knew that already and were prepared. This discussion is particularly interesting - my Dad is always falling because he reaches for things which are at least another 2 feet away from where he thinks they are - the main reason for the forwards and sideways falls instead of the normal backwards destruction of all around him. When we say go forward a bit more or sideways a bit more he never takes any notice, but I think that's because he's convinced he's there already and we're not making sense! Then he has to throw things because he's so far away ... then falls trying to reach or because he has to bend to pick up the dropped object (he hates it if we jump in to help and I think it's right we don't try to strip him of all independence). So, judgement of distances is a big problem also it seems.... he's stopped trying to load or unload the dishwasher now ...to expensive...no crokery left virtually at one stage and also a new dishwasher needed ...amongst other things (better make sure the insurance policy is up-to-date always..). Also he also gets near a chair or bed turns around and then just falls backwards...and misses regularly... our hearts are in our mouths as we see him drop! I found it exasperating that he wouldn't listen to anyone to try to keep himself safe (and 'feel with the back of your knees before going down' has been said a thousand times). His bones seem to be made of steel because he's had hundreds of falls and only 3 cracked ribs (one fall from 9ft over the landing into the hallway..so I say 'only 3 broken ribs' which sounds very flippant, but he survived that drop - amazing!) and a broken foot, and it's his body, so we have to try not to nag him because of our own fears (not easy). I've been living at my parents helping them both (Mum recovering from hip op) for the last 3.5 months so know much more now what I have to do to help them both moving forward and will surely rely on information and support from you guys as time goes on. Thanks! Tania